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The role will be technology focused and likely to be working in IT alongside the development teams Some of my peers have been asked to write small bits of code, or access databases, or technical designs however I believe following…

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. –…

Workshops are a great Business Analysis tool for covering a lot of ground quickly, building consensus, providing opportunities for issues to be raised between stakeholders and generally brainstorming etc to name but a few benefits. Some typical workshop objectives may…

Cost benefit analysis can be applied to everything. In simple terms it means that when looking at solutions you ask yourself if a particular approach is worth doing. Asking does the benefit outweigh the cost is one the most powerful tools…

Like a lot of Business Analyst tools the SWOT analysis is designed to pull ideas out of the aether and onto paper where they can be studied and thought about. Organising your thoughts or your business analysis this way really…

I have attended a few courses over my Business Analyst career and I have done a fair amount of self study. When starting out in business analysis I did a few courses with the company I worked for at the…